§262p–4l — Title 22 Foreign Relations and Intercourse | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of the Treasury must tell the U.S. representative at the World Bank to push the bank to set up ways to do two things: make bank staff much better at working with local groups and nongovernmental organizations affected by World Bank loans, and give bank field offices in borrowing countries more say over project decisions. Those steps must at least train and increase the number of bank professionals based in Washington as of November 5, 1990, and rotate them through field offices; put at least one professional in every field office to work with local NGOs and prepare a report on how loans will affect local people to include in the project file; create the Grassroots Collaboration Program; require borrower countries to hold public hearings while projects are being planned; and set up review procedures so affected people and NGOs can see project or policy plans in time before the Executive Board approves a loan.

Title 22, §262p–4l

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(a)The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development to propose, and urge the Executive Board and the management of the bank to develop and implement 11 So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma. specific mechanisms designed to—

(1)substantially improve the ability of the staff of the bank to interact with nongovernmental organizations and other local groups that are affected by loans made by the bank to borrower countries; and

(2)delegate to the field offices of the bank in borrowing countries greater responsibility for decisions with respect to proposals for projects in such countries that are to be financed by the bank.

(b)The mechanisms described in subsection (a) shall include, at a minimum, the following measures:

(1)An instruction to the management of the bank to undertake efforts to appropriately train and significantly increase the number of bank professional staff (based in Washington, District of Columbia, as of November 5, 1990) assigned, on a rotating basis, to field offices of the bank in borrower countries.

(2)The assignment to at least 1 professional in each field office of the bank in a borrower country of responsibility for relations with local nongovernmental organizations, and for the preparation and submission to appropriate staff of the bank of a report on the impact of project loans to be made by the bank to the country, based on views solicited from local people who will be affected by such loans, which shall be included as part of the project appraisal report.

(3)The establishment of the Grassroots Collaboration Program described in section 262p–1(a) of this title.

(4)Before a project loan is made to a borrower country, the country is to be required to hold open hearings on the proposed project during project identification and project preparation.

(5)The establishment of assessment procedures which allow affected parties and nongovernmental organizations to review information describing a prospective project or policy loan design, in a timely manner, before the loan is submitted to the Executive Board for approval.

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 1617 of Pub. L. 95–118 was renumbered section 1622 and is classified to section 262p–5 of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Definitions The definitions in section 262p–5 of this title apply to this section.

§262p–4l Improvement of interaction between International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and nongovernmental organizations

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Title 22, §262p–4l

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